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| | The Constitution of the United States (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12) |
 | | But in choosing the President, the Votes shall be taken by States, the Representation from each State hvaing one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a Member or Members from two thirds of the States, and a Majority of all the States shall be necessary to a Choice. |
 | | The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services, a Compensation, which shall neither be encreased nor diminished during the period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them. |
 | | The United States shall guarantee to every tate in this Union a Republican Form of Gobernment, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against demestic Violence. |
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